Dramatic Iceberg Collapses (VIDEO)

What could be more shocking then to see an iceberg melt before your eyes? We here at HuffPost Green realized that our story on Rick Sanchez's video of a collapsing iceberg in Greenland was just the tip of the iceberg in our increasingly warming world. Check out our slideshow of melting icebergs that were miraculously captured on video.

Watch this incredible raw footage of an iceberg collapse in Battle Harbour, Labrador, Canada.

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[Roberto Alamos]

10:53 AM on 08/31/2009

interesting videos

[rblackbird]

08:49 PM on 08/30/2009

It appears that "Greenland" has a number of possible derivations. From Wikipedia:

After settling there, he [Erik the Red] named the land Grœnland ("Greenland") in the hope the pleasant name would attract settlers.... Greenland was also called Gruntland ("Ground-land") and Engronelant (or Engroneland) on early maps. Whether green is an erroneous transcription of grunt ("ground"), which refers to shallow bays, or vice versa, is not known. The southern portion of Greenland (not covered by glacier) is indeed very green in the summer and was probably even greener in Erik's time during the Medieval Warm Period. The theory currently held to be most likely is that the etymological origin of 'Greenland' is "Hronland", which means "Land of the Whales" in ancient Norse. The waters around Greenland's southern tip are indeed full of whales. The words 'Hron' and 'Groen' sound alike, and when transcribed into Latin characters it is highly possible that the Icelandic Saga was changed from the original. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland

It seems old Erick did not deceive potential settlers. If he had, the first boatloads would have immediately sailed home and spread the word that Erick had duped them. End of scheme.

[rblackbird]

08:24 PM on 08/30/2009

So...aren't icebergs SUPPOSED to melt?

[Roberto Alamos]

11:43 AM on 08/31/2009

yep, but apparently they are melting faster, and refreezing slower than before

[Richard2]

06:02 PM on 08/29/2009

What was it that sank the oceanliner, the Titanic? Oh, it was an iceberg, a titanic iceberg. Just how in the world did that iceberg ever find its way into the north Atlantic Ocean? And what month did it probably launch itself into the ocean?

[shockmagog]

09:20 PM on 08/29/2009

Beats me.

But, hey--check out video #3, and stick with it to the end.

[Benjamin Tremain]

02:39 AM on 08/29/2009

Interesting.

[ohiomark]

08:18 AM on 08/28/2009

Don't worry "Chicken Little", the sky is not falling, global cooling is on the way.

http://www.llewellyn.com/bookstore/article.php?id=1877

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/06/the-sunspot-mys.html

Using the logic of the global warming alarmists, we need to burn MORE fossil fuels and cut down MORE trees to warm things back up so we don't starve.

[S1m0n]

06:10 AM on 08/28/2009

We've been seeing film of icebergs collapsing for a good thirty years, now. One of these, no matter how dramatic, is not necessarily a sign of global warming.

[scottyknows]

01:15 AM on 08/28/2009

Wow, if that doesn't convince people, nothing will. That ice melted, alright.

By the way, why was this frozen place ever named "Greenland?"

[S1m0n]

06:12 AM on 08/28/2009

History's most famous hoax & real estate swindle.

[shockmagog]

09:26 PM on 08/29/2009

Simon is correct (Global Warming deniers bring up the Greenland naming myth a little too often):

http://www.grist.org/article/greenland-used-to-be-green

[ScottWynn]

12:51 AM on 08/28/2009

Be veg to stop climate change since livestock production is the main cause.

P.s. cute doggie. :P

[Anthony Anderson]

01:06 AM on 08/28/2009

Dont confuse factory farming with local sustainable production of animal products. I used to group them all together and realized later how many positive benefits come from sustainably raising grass fed animals (manure, soil enrichment, processing of organic matter into compost, etc).

Just saying...they are not the same.

[Anthony Anderson]

01:08 AM on 08/28/2009

And anyways, deforestation is a much more serious cause. Plant trees and you can do no wrong.

[Rucio]

10:23 AM on 08/28/2009

And a huge driver of deforestation is raising animals for meat.

[fumes]

12:17 AM on 08/28/2009

~ SHOCK ~

the sun may be our climate driver:

http://www.physorg.com/news170601993.html

[vandegrasse]

01:18 AM on 08/28/2009

You're not a scientist, I'm fairly certainly!

[scottyknows]

02:00 AM on 08/28/2009

As aren't you. Or anyone on PuffPost.

[lazercat2008]

11:56 PM on 08/27/2009

It's sad to see the world I knew coming to an end.

[scottyknows]

02:02 AM on 08/28/2009

Don't believe everything you're told. Except that.

[ohiomark]

08:09 AM on 08/28/2009

Yeah, we are not happy with Obama's policies either.

[LifeIsBrief]

11:52 PM on 08/27/2009

"We better move." Yeah, that was a good idea!

[balancedsolution]

11:35 PM on 08/27/2009

what about that dog on the boat? weren't they worried about him falling off?

ASPCA .............

[dennisrs]

09:18 PM on 08/30/2009

Dog was OK it had a vest on.

[artsymermaid]

09:48 PM on 08/27/2009

This was only slightly more interesting than watching golf.

[rollingrock]

11:17 PM on 08/27/2009

Then go back to watching American Idol it might be more entertaining for you.

[earlyblue]

09:48 PM on 08/27/2009

The talking dog was REALLY cute but how in the world did he hold the camera?